ling’s notes

また食べ物ですね、今日先生もいっていました、皆はやっぱり食べ物についてよく知っていますね。わわわ。。。

cutlet rice at Nara, supposedly very popular among the locals. i like the name though…顽固, it means stubborn. lunch is pretty cheap. around 1000 yen. look at the full set below. free tea.

they would teach you how to grind your sesame and add either spicy sauce or sweet sauce to go with your cutlet. of course, you add both!

my friend ordered the contemporary set, umeboshi (plum) inside chicken cutlet

We also went to another town called imai cho 今井町

it is a well preserved old town in Nara ken. We wandered into a family restaurant and saw that everyone ordered this… it was good!

it is actually omu rice, often found in jap small eateries. it is a really simple dish but not easy to make, cos got to make the eggs wrap around the rice without using chopstick or other tool… you have to toss the pan to shift the eggs to cover the rice… do you understand???

we ended the trip with a quick meal at the ramen street at Nagoya station. my friend ordered this small dish called cha siew rice. delicious! something unique that i have not tried before, unfortunately i can’t tell how they make the sauce

the other half had this, dan dan mian. spicy noodles. pretty salty…

home cooking

just had this for dinner

unbelievable sweet corn. i only need to steam it…. heavenly

Was invited to a sushi party organised by friends. Had a lovely time and ate too much!

Took the photos with my keitai (handphone). Sorry about the quality!

Ingredients include avocado, crab meat, unagi, fried eggs, sashimi etc.

Conclusion? it is really not too hard to make sushi, but good company is essential. ^_^

grilled salmon with ginger

scrambled eggs with vege

pig livers here are pretty big in size. fresh and meaty

ume boshi rolled in in the meat

brinjal with miso sauce

sardine, invented by the other half, funny thing is, later on, i saw the same dish featured in a magazine.

Chinese classmate taught me this dish… homemade tofu dish?

this dish works out well, got the recipe from a book written by Harumi (forgot family name)…

chicken breast topped with melted cheese, basil and fried garlic.

After a long but satisfying day trip to Kobe during our holidays, we decided to give ourselves a treat at a korean restaurant near home. it is called jinggu and according to our korean classmate, it meant “friend” in korean. i ordered bibinba and the other half ordered yaki soba. delicious! friends’ orders were delicious too. but the most enjoyable part of the evening was talking about everything under the sun, in japanese, english, chinese and little cantonese. sometimes, it is not the food that matters, but the company, but good food definitely helps!!

oh, when we enter the restaurant we have to take off shoes and sit on the floor. i guess it sort of relaxed us too.  ^_^

bibinba, toppings include fish roe (i like!) and lots of vegetables. but i dont think this is real korean food lah…

yaki soba